“Hi, Rarity. Sorry we missed each other yesterday. Just playing phone tag and all, hehe.”
“Yes, we did get the new catalog! Came in the mail a few days ago. Another beautiful lineup, as always. I’m sure it’ll be a hit. Oh, pre-orders are already at fifty percent? Awesome!”
“So, some bad news. Unfortunately we won’t be able to make it for Christmas this year.”
“No, it’s- well, I’ll spare you every little detail, but Twilight’s had an accident. Don’t worry, she’s okay, all things considered. Could have been way worse though.”
“No, you’re right. We did cancel her license earlier this year. We had to. There was no way she was going to pass a renewal test, and her reaction times have slowed way down. What happened is, she figured out where I hid the spare keys to the car while I was at work–”
“Yes, still at it. The hospitality business never sleeps after all. But it’s all phone conferences and supplier management for stuff, so I mostly work from home these days. Helps me care for Twi too. Besides, Twi can access retiree benefits early due to her condition, but I certainly can’t. Still a few years to go for me at least.
Anyway… so she found the spare keys and took off. I was on a conference call so I didn’t really hear the garage door until it was too late. By the time I got outside she was already gone.”
“I called the local police first, then grabbed a bunch of neighbors and we took off looking for her.”
“About thirty minutes, actually. Turns out she didn’t make it too far. Got to the big roundabout near the old town square and got stuck. Apparently she drove around in circles for a few minutes before trying to reverse directions, but she lost control and ran the car over the curb and through a nearby fence. Took out a mailbox too. Thankfully she hadn’t picked up too much speed.”
“No no, she’s okay overall. Mostly scrapes and bruises, but because she wasn’t wearing a seat belt, the airbag whacked her in the head pretty good when it deployed. Gave her a decent concussion. Docs don’t want her flying anywhere for awhile, and even if the car wasn’t in the body shop, there’s no way she’d make a four day road trip.”
“Yeah, it’s a bummer, but at least Twi’s okay. That’s the important part.”
“Me? I-I’m fine, Rarity. Really. Shining and his wife will be coming here for Christmas instead, so we can at least see them. Plus I could use his help ‘Twi-proofing’ some more things around the house.”
“Anyway, I better go. It’s about eight PM here and I need to make sure Twi gets her medicine and doesn’t just throw them away instead. Say hi to the family for me.”